Sunday, February 24, 2013

God's Perspective for Single Women 2

In my last blog, we explored the questions single Christian
women ask along with 1 Corinthians 7:34. Today, we will look a little bit
earlier in the same chapter to see what the Apostle Paul had to say about singleness:

For I would that all men
were even as I myself.

But every man hath his
proper gift of God,

one after this manner, and
another after that.

I say therefore to the
unmarried and widows,

It is good for them if they
abide even as I.

(1 Corinthians 7:7-8)

Paul was single. He dedicated his
life after his salvation to serving the Lord full-time. Paul implies that
singleness is a gift from God in verse 7 and says it is good for the unmarried
and widows to stay single in verse 8.

This is the Bible, the inspired
Word of God. It says it is good to be
single, a gift from God. (Later, we see that marriage is
also a gift from God. God provides two options for people—singleness and
marriage—and His blessing is on both of them.

It’s always healthy to see exactly
what the Bible says about our lives. The
idea that every girl needs to be married is not
biblical.Neither is the idea that everyone will always be celibate.
God has a plan for each life, and His best can be either marriage or
singleness, as He wills and directs.

If you are married, you can have this biblical perspective.
It will help you with the single young women you know.

You can encourage them to be
actively serving the Lord.

You can encourage them to have a
biblical perspective on singleness as a ministry.

If you are single, a biblical view of singleness will help
you in your daily life.

You will realize you don’t have to
have a man—unless God brings someone special into your life.

You will realize it’s perfectly
okay to be single.

You will realize, if you have no
desire to marry, that God has given you the good
gift of singleness.

You will rest in God’s timing and
in His sovereignty.

You will get busy serving God in
your church.

You will be joyful and completely
fulfilled.

A biblical perspective helps all
of us with contentment.

For singles, it takes out the
“desperation factor”—that I’m not married yet; is something wrong with me. It
helps women wait on God’s guidance and wisdom for each step in their walk with
God.

A biblical perspective helps
married women learn not to “push” their single friends. It helps us not to be
“matchmakers” and busybodies. It helps us to see that not everyone needs to be
married like we are.

I would love you to share what a
biblical perspective on singleness has done to help you. If you like, please comment.

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